To Worry or Not to Worry That is the Question.....

       I have a best friend, Jessica, she is a lot like me in many ways but a lot different also...She is smart..So am I (hahah), She is a Brunette (Now :) ) and I am also, She was raised by a strong independent mother...Me Too!!, She don't have any sisters...neither do I. Like I said we are a lot alike, but.....She is skinny..So not me, She has dimples...I wish I did, She is obsessed with clothes...yeah I wear them, She is up to date with fashion, celebrities, all things in the know..I watch barney all day (thanks Jax and Knox), She is OCD...Im ADD, She plans...I do..NOT!, She worries....I need to worry more. Even though we are a lot alike we are very different. She told me the other day that pretty much we are sister born to different (yet the same) mothers.

   So, like I said Jess worries. Jess worries about her clothes, her car, her boyfriend (he works late and often falls asleep driving...YIKES), he job, her family, her mom, her brothers, her future wedding, her online shopping, her phone, her friends (so sweet :) ), her money, her dinner (we often worry about that together), her blog, her twitter and her "furry" Children. Jess is so smart and organized...I am not.. I look up to Jess for thinking ahead and planning and being OCD because she is always prepared. Lately Jess has been worrying a lot about certain things like school and other things. I have been worried about her (no pun intended).

       See the funny thing is when you have compatibility, for example (your spouse), you need someone that is the opposite of you, to balance out your relationship. My husband is the male version of Jess. And I think that is a lot of the reason we get along so well (haha Jess your my friend spouse...weird)...Anyways....I was reading my devotional today (example about how I am....this was Tuesdays devo and I am just now reading it... :)...BUT, enough with my ADD self....

It was about "Worry"

Now....I do worry, but my worries come from procrastination, I am never prepared, I am always late, I always press Snooze until the last possible second, I never plan (unless I have to), I always forget special dates, I am the person who sends belated birthday cards ( a year later) because they sit on my table with full anticipation of being sent...(FYI...I got married May 23rd 2009 and I still have yet to send out about 50 thank you notes...I wrote them when I received gifts...just never sent them) So my worry is brought on by my self. I never think about what needs to be done for the future....I like to think I live in the moment....The thing is I secretly wish I was more like Jess and David (funny: our first ever credit payment had to be due on the 14th David spend $30 on the 7th to have it sent next day to the place that receives the payments so it wouldn't be late...ha ha)  See the thing is there needs to be a happy median about worry.....But we need to get our priorities straight about worry...

Matthew 6:25-34

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Matthew 6:25-34

"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

The things we need to worry about are are not material things...They are Spiritual things. We need to worry more about people and their salvation and being doing what we as Christians are called to do .....

The Great Commission

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Matthew 28:18-20

 

God made everyone different and special and the reason he did this is so there are people in the world like Jessica who plan and are very detailed and people like me who just go with the flow. I thank God everyday for Jessica and David who make me think about the things that I need to do without them I would be lost they are my balance in life (funny how most people only need one...I need two...does that show you how I am haha)

 

 

Ok so I was looking at my blog today and decided its....welll....Blah...here are some pictures to liven it up :)

 

 

David and I at MFUGE: Williamsburg, KY June 2010

 
 

Yeah that's my hubby and his BFF the founder of KFC

My Mommy and Me: May 2010

Daddy J and Mom

My Brother Justin (yea hes a Cop don't mess with me) and My sister in law Raven

Hannah-my niece- her first ever trip to the beach-Lake Michigan/Chicago 2010

jimmy (my older brother) and my sister in law candice

Hannah Rocking the Hannah Montana Wig

Caleb and Hannah being goofy at ChildrensChurch

David and I at Miseltoe Ball 2005 (we werent dating yet...he didn't even dance with me)

Me (shows how ADD I am), Oldest bro Jimmy (in pink) Justin (being serious), and my little cousin Paige (crying baby)

Justin, Me, and Jimmy (Christmas 1991 or 1992) look at those sweaters...they will make a comeback haha

Prom 2006 (Junior Year)

David Prom 2006 (his senior year)